2017 FINA World Championships

WATCH: Yulia Efimova Finger-Wags Her Way To Threaten 100m Breast WR

WATCH: Yulia Efimova Finger-Wags Her Way To Threaten 100m Breast WR

Watch race video of Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova at the 2017 FINA World Championships. Efimova scared the 100 meter breaststroke world record in a time of 1:04.36 and wagged her finger afterwards, mocking American swimmer Lilly King.

Jul 24, 2017 by Maclin Simpson
WATCH: Yulia Efimova Finger-Wags Her Way To Threaten 100m Breast WR

2017 FINA World Championships

July 23-30, 2017
Budapest, Hungary
Dagály Aquatics Arena
SCHEDULE
PSYCH SHEET
LIVE RESULTS

Women 100m Breaststroke -- SEMIFINALS
World Record: 1:04.35 -- Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
Championship Record: 1:04.35 -- Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
World Junior Record: 1:05.39 -- Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2014
American Record: 1:04.45 -- Jessica Hardy (USA), 2009


​1.) Yulia Efimova (Russia) -- 1:04.36​ ​(Q)
2.) Lilly King (USA) -- 1:04.53 ​(Q)
3.) Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania) -- 1:05.06 ​(Q)
4.) Katie Meili (USA) -- 1:05.48 ​(Q)
5.) Jinglin Shi (China) -- 1:06.47 ​(Q)
6.) Kierra Smith (Canada) -- 1:06.62 ​(Q)
6.) Jessica Vall (Spain) -- 1:06.62 ​(Q)
8.) Sarah Vasey (Great Britain) -- 1:06.81 ​(Q)



IT. IS. ON. In the first semifinal, Russia's ​​Yulia Efimova​ dropped a massive 1:04.36 -- just one one-hundredth off of the world record. What did she do immediately after seeing the scoreboard? Waved her finger. Uh oh. In the second semifinal, ​Lilly King​ of the United States responded by blazing the first 50 meters in 29.90 -- under world record pace -- and finished in 1:04.53. That is a best time for King and you better believe one of these two will break the world record in the final on Tuesday night -- or die trying. In third is the current world record holder, ​​Ruta Meilutyte​ of Lithuania, in 1:05.06. This is going to be a race for the ages.

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